<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18233632.post3935147435474992015..comments</id><updated>2007-09-22T12:58:13.775-05:00</updated><category term='Races'/><category term='under training for 5k'/><category term='run coach'/><category term='introspection'/><category term='week one report'/><category term='consistency'/><category term='mental block'/><category term='day one'/><category term='Type A Personality'/><category term='vdot training'/><category term='treadmills'/><category term='smileys'/><category term='Newbies'/><category term='loss of running mojo'/><category term='running without Garmin'/><category term='Woodstock Anniston 5k'/><category term='running fast'/><category term='building my house'/><category term='running coach'/><category term='Inspiration'/><category term='phase four'/><category term='time trials 5k'/><title type='text'>Comments on Amy's Running Life: COMPETITION</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.amysrunninglife.com/feeds/3935147435474992015/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18233632/3935147435474992015/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.amysrunninglife.com/2007/09/competition.html'/><author><name>Amy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17126390195487658200</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wcaYE4MasnE/TjbSQFrNwlI/AAAAAAAAAaY/HS4FFl1xnE0/s220/271691_2015091131281_1063899750_31899924_7456254_o.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>3</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18233632.post-9116029444397529801</id><published>2007-09-22T12:58:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-09-22T12:58:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Just catching up on my blog reading...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I lo...</title><content type='html'>Just catching up on my blog reading...&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I love this post. You are absolutely right that we procrastinate on doing things that we fear. If we wait until the last second to prepare, it's acceptable to not be the best. This happens to me all the time. I'm glad you have realized this with your running and get back into the groove of things.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18233632/3935147435474992015/comments/default/9116029444397529801'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18233632/3935147435474992015/comments/default/9116029444397529801'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.amysrunninglife.com/2007/09/competition.html?showComment=1190483880000#c9116029444397529801' title=''/><author><name>Laurie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04300945096399594946</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1373/626240559_de4136f4c3.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.amysrunninglife.com/2007/09/competition.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18233632.post-3935147435474992015' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18233632/posts/default/3935147435474992015' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-519585327'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18233632.post-1534596127861499546</id><published>2007-09-20T21:42:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-09-20T21:42:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Thanks for saying that...I almost just took this p...</title><content type='html'>Thanks for saying that...I almost just took this post down...something about analyzing stuff AGAIN started to get to me....but, if one other person got something out of it, then it's good enough to stay!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18233632/3935147435474992015/comments/default/1534596127861499546'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18233632/3935147435474992015/comments/default/1534596127861499546'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.amysrunninglife.com/2007/09/competition.html?showComment=1190342520000#c1534596127861499546' title=''/><author><name>Amy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17126390195487658200</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02832875453046533547'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6908/1778/1600/blogger%20pic.0.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.amysrunninglife.com/2007/09/competition.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18233632.post-3935147435474992015' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18233632/posts/default/3935147435474992015' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-83510091'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18233632.post-5535449423878482487</id><published>2007-09-20T21:20:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-09-20T21:20:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I can identify with a lot of the things you mentio...</title><content type='html'>I can identify with a lot of the things you mentioned in your post!  And I am the queen of avoiding things because I'm afraid I won't do well enough at them.  Maybe realizing it is the first step to changing it?  Regardless, it's really nice to know that I'm not the only one!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18233632/3935147435474992015/comments/default/5535449423878482487'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18233632/3935147435474992015/comments/default/5535449423878482487'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.amysrunninglife.com/2007/09/competition.html?showComment=1190341200000#c5535449423878482487' title=''/><author><name>eyegirl</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09688402033712465363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_5OsNInopktY/Rt4lFdgwK2I/AAAAAAAAABA/AMZM-OxhLzE/s320/dragonfly.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.amysrunninglife.com/2007/09/competition.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18233632.post-3935147435474992015' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18233632/posts/default/3935147435474992015' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1806580553'/></entry></feed>
